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Planning and Environmental Sub Committee

Chairman Marian Hubble [member of EC] contact
Minutes Secretary Arthur Jeffery [member of EC]
John Avery
Ian Ferguson
Brian Sefton

Activities
  • We are advised by SCC officers of applications for new building /alterations to buildings in conservation areas and requests for Listed Building Consent which covers alterations and major repairs on listed buildings.
  • We meet on regular occasions with the Conservation Officer to discuss infringements or to suggest inclusion of buildings to be considered for Listing [or a slightly lower grade of local authority list of buildings at risk].
  • We also receive notification from SCC officers of major developments [>£5 million] such as IKEA.
  • Developers occasionally contact us when they are holding a public consultation exercise prior to formally submitting a planning application.
  • The committee liaise with other amenity groups on subjects such as the Old Cemetery [Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery], Commons, Parks and Greenaways [Southampton Commons and Parks Protection Society, Friends of St James' Park, Friends of Riverside Park, Friends of Town Quay Park], the Old Town [Old Town Residents Association, Friends of Old Southampton, Friends of Town Quay Park], Waterfront Development [Southampton Heritage Federation, [Old Town Residents Association,Friends of Town Quay Park].
  • We report anti social behaviour such as night clubs and pop concerts plastering the town with fly posters, road conditions such as potholes, graffiti, fly tipping, knotweed on public land and illegal trading stalls etc in parks.
  • Apart from placing written comments we also appear at the Planning and Rights of Way Panel to oppose planning applications and hearings held by H.M. Planning Inspectorate.
  • The committee undertakes site visits to study first hand the impact on developments.

  •   The Jonas Nichols fountain in St Mary Street      Southampton is grade II listed. It was moved to the  present site when Jonas Nichols square was created.  The monument needs attention as the paint is flaking  and there are signs of rust showing through.

  •  The monument is in the wrong location and local  traders dump all their rubbish bins etc next to it. The  committee is going to press SCC to relocate it to a  park as an alternative location.  
  We monitor the condition of listed buildings and monuments and notify the  SCC Conservation Officer of neglect or infringements.




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